The Momotaro auction was fantastic for me, as I managed to get hold of one very special Nisai Sanke. This 62cm Sanke is simply incredible. When she gets big, she will look fantastic!... and she will get big!!!
Just before the auction started, I saw a breathtaking Sansai Sanke swimming amongst a pond of males. I asked Daisuke what the story was, and whether it was male, and he replied that it was in fact female, and not for sale. Thinking that maybe he was joking, I said I would ask his Father about it. I couldn’t find him at that point, so asked Hoshino-san about the Koi, and he concurred that it wasn’t for sale, and was going to be put into the 1500 ton pond and kept as Tategoi.
A few minutes later, Maeda-san turned up, so I ambushed him as soon as he got out of his car, and asked him about the Koi. He said, “Oh, that one… it’s good, isn’t it!?” We walked over to the pond, and I explained to him how much the Koi excited me, and asked how much he would be prepared to sell her to me for? He surprised me somewhat with the price, as I figured that it would have been 2 or 3 million yen. So, I agreed to buy her, and thanked him.
It later transpired, that two of the members of staff at Momotaro were a little angry that he had sold her to me! I now have to find a suitably good home for her to go to! This Koi will get incredibly big, and will be fantastic. It's one of only two Koi I ever had, that I felt just had to get the size, in order to be an incredible Jumbo Koi. If interested, email my, to find out why she isn't so big right now, and why she will get so big!..